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 High School Courses: Electives
Art Appreciation* Nutrition and Wellness*
Career Planning* Personal Finance*
Health* Physical Education
Life Skills* Psychology*
Music Appreciation* Driver Education
  * One semester course

Art Appreciation (one semester course)

This one semester course will introduce learners to the various forms of the visual arts, such as painting, sculpture, film, and more. Students will learn how to look at a work of art, identify and compare key characteristics in artworks, and understand the role art has played throughout history. Through hands-on activities, virtual museum tours, discussion, and research, learners will develop an overall appreciation for the art they encounter in their daily lives.

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Career Planning (one semester course)

In this one semester course, students will use an informative interactive process to explore career and life options that fit their individual interests, needs, and skills. Students begin with a thorough examination of their own interests, aptitudes, achievements, and personality styles. Then, they explore potential career matches, examining job market information, conducting informational interviews, and plotting training and educational paths. Along the way, students learn to craft effective resumes and letters, and to handle job interview situations.

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Health (one semester course)

This course will help students develop the knowledge and skills needed to make healthy decisions that allow them to stay active, safe and informed. The lessons and activities are designed to introduce students to important aspects of the main types of health: emotional and mental, social and consumer, and physical. Among other topics, students will explore nutrition, understanding and avoiding disease, first aid and CPR, and human sexuality.

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Life Skills (one semester course)

Life Skills is designed to increase student knowledge and ability in skills necessary for everyday living. The course emphasizes defining personal values, goal-setting and planning, making decisions and solving problems, evaluating information and dealing with media and peer pressure, communication and relationships, decision making, wellness and personal safety, and contributing to your community.

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Music Appreciation (one semester course)

This one-semester course introduces students to the elements, instrumentation, and historical periods of music. Students will learn the significance of surroundings and time periods and how they both influenced the music of the day. Students will listen to and evaluate several types of music, and will be assessed through projects, presentations, and exams on the knowledge and understanding of music.

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Nutrition and Wellness (one semester course)

This one semester course will introduce the student to an overview of good nutrition principles that are needed for human physical & mental wellness. Discussion of digestion, basic nutrients, weight management, sports & fitness, and life-span nutrition is included. Application to today's food and eating trends, plus learning to assess for reliable nutrition information is emphasized.

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Personal Finance (one semester course)

Understanding financial management concepts is an important life skill. From credit to insurance to taxes, it is imperative that students understand the consequences of their choices. Wisely managing their money, students become citizens that are more responsible. A thorough understanding of financial concepts, with practical application through activities and projects, will enable students to leave this course with applicable, useful skills for life. This course surveys the basic personal financial needs of most individuals and emphasizes the basics of budgeting, saving, checking, investments, credit, the wise use of insurance, and paying and preparing income tax returns. After high school, students face a world filled with possibilities, and the more knowledge they can acquire, the higher the probability that their financial futures will be secure. Students taking this course will learn to better prepare for their financial futures.

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Physical Education

This course focuses on the fundamental components and principles of fitness. The course examines safety guidelines, proper technique, and exercise principles such as the FITT. Students will assess their current level of fitness in relation to the five components of physical fitness: flexibility, cardiovascular health, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and body composition. Students will also learn strategies to help them begin, design, and maintain an exercise program to keep them fit for life. Two semesters available.

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Psychology (one semester course)

The purpose of this course is to investigate why human beings think and act the way they do. This is an introductory course and will broadly cover several areas. Students will be expected to expand and go further into the topics. Theories and current research will be presented for the student to critically evaluate and understand. Each unit will present the terminology, theories and research that are critical to the understanding of the topic. Assignments and assessments will be included as well as tutorials and interactive drills.

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Online Driver Education

The online Driver Education course offered by CESA #2 provides a unique opportunity for students that have busy schedules to learn critical skills needed to become a safe, low-risk driver.

Time is a big issue for parents, who have to juggle their own commitments in order to take their child back and forth to driver education classes.  An online program lets their child fit in driver education coursework whenever and wherever they like — home, school, public library, and at their own pace.  The online CESA #2 Driver Education course is a foundation course, which teaches the theory and practice of responsible, defensive driving. Emphasis is placed upon learning the mechanics of driving, the execution of most driving operations and a thorough understanding of the rules of safe driving.  The online class is designed to improve students' knowledge of traffic safety and to prepare them to receive training for becoming safe operators of motor vehicles. Students will also study the legal and financial obligations of automobile ownership, the care and maintenance of the automobile, accident prevention, the importance of controlling emotions while driving and the effects of alcohol and other drugs on driving.

For the driving portion of the course, CESA #2 will assist in obtaining instructors in your area. 

For registration information, you can go to:  http://drivered.cesa2.org/   Select the school menu, and the first choice is for the Internet course.

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Wisconsin Virtual School
E-mail Address: wvs@wisconsinvirtualschool.org

CESA #9
304 Kaphaem Road, PO Box 449, Tomahawk, WI 54487
Phone 715 453-2141, Fax 715 453-7519